<IceWhyte's> Formica rufibarbis

[IceWhyte]

I received a small colony of Formica rufibarbis today from Kingoftheants. Any comments or questions please post here.

There are 5 workers of varied sizes but no brood.

I am going to keep them in a cork nest I purchased from antmania.pl so I have customised it slightly for a nicer environment for the ants.





















Hope you all enjoyed the pictures.

[IceWhyte]

One day after placing the test tube in the small tank the queen and workers have moved into the cork nest already.
I had some fruit flies that I froze a few months ago so gave them a few and they were quickly taken.

[IceWhyte]

I have been giving this colony plenty peace but I just gave them a wee check there and some food in the form of honey water and a couple fruit flies. Almost straight away the large worker was out drinking the honey water and feeding the others in the nest with it.







There is also a small ball of newly laid eggs.